Prayers offered in the opening & closing of our Live Rosary are optional, including the novena prayers. Use as many or as few as you likex. Skip around, skip them altogether. Make it yours.
The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at
The USCCB has asked us to fast and pray with special intentions for the Rosary. (Originally for May 13th, but I’m keeping it in our Rosary & the one on my blog, too).
Let us now take a few minutes to prepare to pray the Holy Rosary.
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord, have mercy on us! Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!
Artist: First image, unsure. 2nd, Rubens.
Come, let us worship the King of kings; on this day his Virgin Mother was taken up to heaven. (Antiphon)
Artist: Wilhelm Hauschild
How lovely and beautiful are you, O Virgin Mary. You have left this world to be joined with Christ.
— Adorned with heavenly power you shine forth like the sun among the saints.
Artist: Juan Martín Cabezalero
The angels rejoice, and the archangels sing your praises, O Virgin Mary.
— Adorned with heavenly power you shine forth like the sun among the saints.
Artist: Annibale Carracci
This is the glorious day, on which the Virgin Mother of God was taken up to heaven; let us sing these words in her praise:
— Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Artist: Master of James IV of Scotland
Happy are you, holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all praise, from your womb Christ the Sun of Justice has risen.
— Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Artist: Lorenzo Lotto
The Virgin Mary is exalted above the choirs of angels.
— The Virgin Mary is exalted above the choirs of angels.
Blessed is the Lord who has raised her up.
— Above the choirs of angels.
Artist: Nicolas Poussin
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord, have mercy on us! Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!
Artist: First image, unsure. 2nd, Rubens.
Some prayer intentions. Feel free to add your own so we can pray for each other.
- For @CatholicLisa, experiencing serious health issues, & also that her beloved dawg King will find a loving home, and, Lord, heal their hearts. 💔🙏🏻
King:
The Rosary proper begins at the top of the hour. I hope you’ll join me.
You are invited to add your intentions anywhere along the thread if you are moved to do so.
God bless you.
Artist: Charles Le Brun
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Lord, have mercy on us! Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!
Artist: First image, unsure. 2nd, Rubens.
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you have deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children there the treasures of grace hidden…
(There’s a place in this prayer for your personal prayer intention.)
(For those who don’t believe, we pray…)
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord…
For the Holy Father
Our Father Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us…
For an increase of Faith, Hope, & Charity in our souls & our world
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
& blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus…. (3x)
(Glory be, here and at the end of each decade.)
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
We’ll be using some special intentions from the USCCB. These are optional (and they’re similar to the ones we were using from Pope St. John Paul II).
O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most
in need of Thy Mercy.
Artist: Titian
2nd Glorious Mystery: The Ascension
Fruit: Hope, Desire for Heaven
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Artist: Jean Francois de Troy
3rd Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Fruit: Wisdom, Love of God
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Artist: Colijn de Coter
4th Glorious Mystery: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fruit: Devotion to Mary
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Artist: Juan Vicente Ribera
5th Glorious Mystery: The Coronation
Fruit: Eternal Happiness
Our Father
Hail, Mary (x10)
Glory be
O my Jesus
Artist: Francesco Solimena
Optional Closing Prayers
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail, our life, our sweetness, & our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning & weeping in this valley of tears…
Optional Closing Prayers
Let us pray: O God…
Optional Closing Prayers
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host…
Optional Closing Prayers
O Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here.
Ever this night be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule, and to guide.
Amen.
Optional Closing Prayers
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood Of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, sinners everywhere, in the Universal Church, within my own home…
(Optional Closing Prayers)
A Prayer for Protection in Time of Pandemic
O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope…
The USCCB asked the faithful to add this prayer after the Rosary (by Pope Leo XIII) during the Year of St. Joseph. I’m keeping it here in our Rosary. 🙏🏻
Prayer of Command, from Fr. Ripperger, from Deliverance Prayers:
Optional Closing Prayers
The Collect
Optional Closing Prayers
May the Divine Assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Christ, King of the Universe, have mercy on us! Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!
Artist: First image, unsure. 2nd, Rubens.
Thank you for praying the Rosary with me. I pray that you will stay safe & well, virtuous & holy during this time of turmoil in our country and our world. May His peace be always with you. Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us! +JMJ+
The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at
The teachings about Mary are about Jesus, too, even more so, really. If Mary was stained by Original Sin, what would that mean for Jesus's Incarnation? The New Ark must be spotless to hold the New Covenant, which was Jesus, not mere manna or a staff or tablets of stone.
The New Covenant was Jesus Himself, and the Eucharist, the Mass, long before it came to be thought of as a book.
And speaking of books, to understand the teachings about Jesus and about Mary, one must understand the Old and New Testaments and how they fit together, & how the writers of the NT used the OT, & echoed it. That's not accidental stuff in the Bible.
Note: No human person has ever been as united to Jesus as His Mother was and is. She carried Him in her womb for nine months. He was her Savior and kept the stain of Original Sin from touching her. He is Divine, she is not. He is the King, she is the Queen Mother.
In the next tweets I'm going to link some videos about the actual teachings of the Catholic Church about the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, since there is so much confusion out there about this.
Prayers offered in the opening & closing of our Live Rosary are optional, including the novena prayers. Use as many or as few as you like. Skip around, skip them altogether. Make it yours.
The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at
Prayers offered in the opening & closing of our Live Rosary are optional, including the novena prayers. Use as many or as few as you like. Skip around, skip them altogether. Make it yours.
The Rosary Thread links are archived on the blog at
Prayer of abandonment, by St. Charles de Foucauld.
Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me...
Re the previous tweet: I know it's not his feast day but I was just reading about him after stumbling across the GoodCatholic site and thought I'd share with y'all.
Also don't miss this one on their YouTube channel. It's a painting I've seen many times online but I've never read or heard an explanation of it that I recall. This one had me in tears.
A 🧵from “How to Get More Out of Holy Communion,” by St Peter Julian Eymard. Links at the end.
“The love of Jesus Christ reaches its highest perfection and produces the richest harvest of graces in the ineffable union He contracts with the soul in Holy Communion.”
“Therefore, by every desire for goodness, holiness, and perfection that piety, the virtues, and love can inspire in us, we are bound to direct our course toward this union, toward frequent and even daily Communion.”
“Since we have in Holy Communion the grace, the model, and the practice of all the virtues, all of them finding their exercise in this divine action, we shall profit more by Communion than by all other means of sanctification.”